April 5, 2022
Vancouver, BC – April 5, 2022 – Getchell Gold Corp. (CSE: GTCH) (OTCQB: GGLDF) (“Getchell” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the 2022 drill program at the Fondaway Canyon gold project in Nevada is scheduled to commence by the end of April.
Key Highlights
- 2022 drill program at Fondaway Canyon will initially follow up on last year’s high-grade gold discovery reporting 10.4 g/t Au over 25.0m within a broader zone grading 6.3 g/t Au over 50.7m;
- The broader drill plan is to continue expanding on the substantive zones of mineralization discovered during the previous two years of drilling; and
- The Central Area zone of gold mineralization has been traced 600m along strike and 800m down dip from surface and remains open in most directions.
“The last two years of drilling at the Fondaway Canyon gold project have been extremely successful, especially punctuated by our most recent high-grade discovery. We continue to see no apparent limits to the mineralizing system and the Project’s upside potential.” states Mike Sieb, President, Getchell Gold Corp. “The forthcoming 2022 drill program will continue the accelerated path of advancement, and I look forward to the commencement of drilling with a high level of anticipation.”
2022 Drill Program
The Company has secured two drill rigs for 2022. The first rig is scheduled to commence drilling at the Fondaway Canyon gold project before the end of this month with the second rig scheduled to commence a maiden drill program at the Star high-grade Cu-Au-Ag project situated 60 km to the north a few weeks later.